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    UYGUR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur languageplay

    Synonyms:

    Uighur; Uigur; Uygur

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("Uygur" is a kind of...):

    script (a particular orthography or writing system)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern Chinaplay

    Synonyms:

    Uighur; Uigur; Uygur

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("Uygur" is a kind of...):

    Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areasplay

    Synonyms:

    Uighur; Uigur; Uygur

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Uygur" is a kind of...):

    Turki (any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language)

    Holonyms ("Uygur" is a member of...):

    Sinkiang; Xinjiang; Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people)

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